Google’s AI takes on champion in contemporary Go problem

Google DeepMind’s AI system, AlphaGo, has received the primary of three matches it’s taking part in towards the world’s primary Go participant, Ke Jie.

It follows its historic win towards Lee Se-dol final yr, described by consultants as a breakthrough second for AI.

The AI received by simply half a degree in its newest match.

Ke Jie described the AI as “like a god of Go gamers”, whereas DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis thanked him for a hard-fought match.

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Ke Jie and Demis Hassabis shook palms earlier than the match

“It was a such shut recreation, an thrilling recreation and confirmed how a lot work Ke Jie put into getting ready for the match,” mentioned Mr Hassabis in a post-match press convention.

“It was fascinating for us to see him utilizing strikes from AlphaGo’s earlier video games, and we have been intrigued to see how AlphaGo offers with its personal methods used – large respect to Ke Jie for pushing AlphaGo to its limits.”

He added that the final word plan for AlphaGo was a wider deployment “in areas of drugs and science”.